MSBIAS taxon details
Prionospio Malmgren, 1867
129620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129620)
accepted
Genus
Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867 (type by monotypy)
Minuspio Foster, 1971 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Prionospio (Prionospio) [auctorum] · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Species Prionospio caspersi Laubier, 1962
- Species Prionospio cirrifera Wirén, 1883
- Species Prionospio dubia Day, 1961
- Species Prionospio ehlersi Fauvel, 1928
- Species Prionospio fallax Söderström, 1920
- Species Prionospio multibranchiata Berkeley, 1927
- Species Prionospio pulchra Imajima, 1990
- Species Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867
- Species Prionospio malmgreni Claparède, 1868 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, indeterminable, probably based on a composite of several species (fide Maciolek, 1985))
- Subgenus Prionospio (Prionospio) [auctorum] accepted as Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (superseded combination)
- Species Prionospio (Prionospio) ehlersi Fauvel, 1928 accepted as Prionospio ehlersi Fauvel, 1928 (superseded subgenus)
- Species Prionospio (Prionospio) steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren, 1867 (superseded subgenus)
- Species Prionospio (Prionospio) dubia Day, 1961 represented as Prionospio dubia Day, 1961 (disused subgenus)
- Species Prionospio banyulensis Laubier, 1966 accepted as Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966) (superseded original combination)
- Species Prionospio ockelmanni Pleijel, 1985 accepted as Aurospio banyulensis (Laubier, 1966) (subjective synonym)
- Species Prionospio plumosa Treadwell, 1931 accepted as Paraprionospio treadwelli (Hartman, 1951) (superseded orginal combination of replaced junior primary homonym)
- Species Prionospio treadwelli Hartman, 1951 accepted as Paraprionospio treadwelli (Hartman, 1951) (superseded original replacement name )
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 93 [details]
page(s): 93 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129620 on 2025-11-18
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Prionospio Malmgren, 1867. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129620 on 2025-11-18
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original description
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Minuspio Foster, 1971) Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046
page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New <em>Prionospio</em> and <em>Aurospio</em> Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(1): 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.1 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Peixoto, Antônio João Malafaia; Paiva, Paulo Cesar de. (2019). New <i>Prionospio</i> and <i>Laubieriellus</i> (Annelida: Spionidae) species from Southeastern Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4577(3): 529-547., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.7
page(s): 531-532; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): Genus diagnosis emended to include "Branchiae from chaetiger 2, chaetiger 3 or rarely absent. Branchiae limited to anterior chaetigers, 0-15 pairs [...]." [details] Available for editors
additional source Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of <i>Prionospio</i> and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(3): 175-187., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00435.x [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Delgado-Blas, V. H. 2014. Redescriptions and reestablishments of some species belonging to the genus Prionospio (Polychaeta, Spionidae) and descriptions of three new species. Helgoland Marine Research 68(1): 113-132, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-013-0372-1
page(s): [Key to known species of Prionospio with five pairs of branchiae] [details]
identification resource Delgado-Blas, Víctor Hugo. (2015). <em>Prionospio</em> (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the Grand Caribbean Region, with the descriptions of five new species and a key to species recorded in the area. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3905(1): 69-90., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3905.1.4
note: Caribbean species key [details]
identification resource Martínez, Julián; Adarraga, Idoia. (2019). Una nueva especie del género <em>Prionospio</em> Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida, Spionidae) procedente del sureste del Golfo de Vizcaya. <em>Graellsia.</em> 75(2): e099., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2019.v75.244
note: includes key for all known species with only apinnate branchiae from chaetiger 2 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Delgado-Blas, Victor Hugo; Peraza, Russell Giovanni Uc. (2024). Two new species of Prionospio (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Northwest and Northeast Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5432(1): 69-82., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5432.1.5
page(s): 79; note: worldwide key to the six Prionospio species of similar morphology to Prionospio dubia [details] Available for editors
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Minuspio Foster, 1971) Foster, Nancy Marie. (1971). Spionidae (Polychaeta) of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 36(129): 1-183., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506046
page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New <em>Prionospio</em> and <em>Aurospio</em> Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4092(1): 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.1 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Day, J. H. (1967). [Sedentaria] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 2. Sedentaria. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. 459–842., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Peixoto, Antônio João Malafaia; Paiva, Paulo Cesar de. (2019). New <i>Prionospio</i> and <i>Laubieriellus</i> (Annelida: Spionidae) species from Southeastern Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4577(3): 529-547., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.7
page(s): 531-532; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus): Genus diagnosis emended to include "Branchiae from chaetiger 2, chaetiger 3 or rarely absent. Branchiae limited to anterior chaetigers, 0-15 pairs [...]." [details] Available for editors
additional source Sigvaldadóttir, E. (1998). Cladistic analysis and classification of <i>Prionospio</i> and related general (Polychaeta, Spionidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 27(3): 175-187., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00435.x [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
identification resource Delgado-Blas, V. H. 2014. Redescriptions and reestablishments of some species belonging to the genus Prionospio (Polychaeta, Spionidae) and descriptions of three new species. Helgoland Marine Research 68(1): 113-132, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-013-0372-1
page(s): [Key to known species of Prionospio with five pairs of branchiae] [details]
identification resource Delgado-Blas, Víctor Hugo. (2015). <em>Prionospio</em> (Polychaeta, Spionidae) from the Grand Caribbean Region, with the descriptions of five new species and a key to species recorded in the area. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3905(1): 69-90., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3905.1.4
note: Caribbean species key [details]
identification resource Martínez, Julián; Adarraga, Idoia. (2019). Una nueva especie del género <em>Prionospio</em> Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida, Spionidae) procedente del sureste del Golfo de Vizcaya. <em>Graellsia.</em> 75(2): e099., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2019.v75.244
note: includes key for all known species with only apinnate branchiae from chaetiger 2 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Delgado-Blas, Victor Hugo; Peraza, Russell Giovanni Uc. (2024). Two new species of Prionospio (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Northwest and Northeast Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5432(1): 69-82., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5432.1.5
page(s): 79; note: worldwide key to the six Prionospio species of similar morphology to Prionospio dubia [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Prionospio)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits) (from synonym Minuspio Foster, 1971)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (25 traits)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits) (from synonym Minuspio Foster, 1971)
To ITIS
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